December 6, 2007 / People

PHOTO BY ARTHUR MCLEAN The Thomasville Lion's Club held a lunch with Santa Saturday after the Christmas parade. More than 50 children attended the event that featured cookie decorating and having a picture made with Santa. More...

The Research Club met Thursday, Nov. 15, at The Garden in Thomasville. Hostesses pictured above from left are: Ann Jeffrey, Jennie Grigg and Shirley Hodges. Guest speaker was Marlo Anderson, director of The Southwest Alabama Chamber of Commerce. More...

Financial incentives are available for a limited time to help forest landowners in Alabama protect pine forests from bark beetle attacks. In the short term, these incentives are designed to offset some of the costs of SPB prevention measures. More...

PHOTO BY ARTHUR MCLEAN The Pine Hill Mission held a gift "shopping" day for youths of low-income families Saturday. The group allowed qualifying children to "shop" for free gifts to give to family members. More...

The Arnold family of Thomasville announce the forthcoming marriage of their sibling, Lora Arnold Bass to Ray Carson of Sunny South. The bride-to-be is the daughter of the late Carolyn Arnold of Thomasville. More...

Tonya Joyce, advertising manager of The Thomasville Times in Thomasville, recently attended a booksigning and luncheon at the Fairhope Civic Center where New York Times bestselling author, Richard Paul Evans, was guest speaker. More...

The community is invited to take part in decorating a Holiday Memorial Tree in the office of AseraCare Hospice, at 4115 College Avenue in the Dollar General Shopping Center near Wal-Mart in Jackson. More...

As the 2007-08 deer season opens, hunters are encouraged to provide food to needy families by participating in Hunters Helping the Hungry (HHH), a program providing thousands of pounds of ground venison to area food banks. More...